Alan Meats (6 results)

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Condition: Good. 2018. First Edition. 128 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated paper cover with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Signed by the author with dedication to Pauline and Tony on title page. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Lettering is clear.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. FREE U.K. Shipping. FAMILY Business. FIRST Class Service. Full refund if not totally satisfied. 2014 Paperback edition, excellent condition. SIGNED "Blessings Alan J. Meats October 2014". Signed by Author(s).

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2013 G2 Entertainment paperback edition. Some reading wear and creasing else good condition. Signed by the author. From the cover: Today there are spectacular walks along Cefn Gwyngul above Pontypridd and Mountain Ash. You can visit Llanwynno, the focus of this delightful illustrated memoir, and admire its glades, ancient church and excellent pub, the Brynfinnon Arms. When the clergyman and poet William Thomas ('Glanffrwd') wrote about Llanwynno in the 1880s, he was describing a largely agricultural and Welsh-speaking district full of deeply held beliefs, hallowed customs and odd characters - some of whom were born in the 1700s. So this fine adaptation of his work by Alan Meats, himself a retired vicar and teacher, spans two centuries and more. The author describes in poetic terms a Glamorgan of great beauty slowly being tarnished by the tide of men and machines tainting the air, streams and fields with coal dust and the roar of steam engines. Happily for us today, reading Llanwynno - A Treasury of Memories is as refreshing as the now cleansed and purified air of the Rhondda. The industrial revolution has come full circle, and though people have spread across the valleys, their hearts are Welsh, and many of them are doubtless descended from the carnival of characters featured in this work - which is rich in history, entertaining and Welsh to its core. CONTENTS: 1 - Llanwynno and its surroundings 2 - The hills 3 - Ynysbwl, the village and some of its characters 4 - The search for coal and lime 5 - Old customs 6 - Around the Ffrwd river 7 - Hunting 8 - Ynysbwl Fair 9 - The Lan and Gelli-Lwch 10 - From the top of Graigwen 11 - The Cynon Valley 12 - Troedrhiwtrwyn and Guto Nyth Bran 13 - Pontypridd and some notable characters 14 - Cwm Clydach and Sian Phylip 15 - Spirits of the parish 16 - More spirits 17 - Spirits at the Maltsters and the Pandy 18 - Old ruins 19 - Old sayings 20 - Old characters 21 - Characters of Pontypridd 22 - Pwllhywel and the Mormon faith 23 - Tommy Penwal 24 - The Glog huntsmen 25 - St Gwynno's Church 26 - Old workings 27 - Springs and wells 28 - More springs 29 - The Old Chapel. Signed by Author(s).…